Aragvi

Aragvi

Georgian Restaurant and one of the oldest restaurants in Moscow

Located at 6/2 Tverskaya street, the restaurant serves high end Georgian, Armenian, and Caucasian cuisine, and is famous for historically being a hangout for the KGB, as well as being one of the oldest restaurants in Moscow in continuous operation. It was founded in 1938 as the first restaurant in Moscow to serve Georgian food and has had a number of famous patrons, including Lavrenty Beria chief of the NKVD, Stalin's son Vasily, and British spy Kim Philby.

Nick Cappuccino

Restaurant pictures and information about its patron history are sourced from "The Salt", NPR's food publication.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/06/484823649/dine-like-a-soviet-spy-old-kgb-haunt-opens-its-doors-again

The final restaurant picture is sourced from tripadvisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g298484-d10178363-Reviews-Aragvi-Moscow_Central_Russia.html

Information on popular dishes in the restaurant are sourced from RBC's "Style" publication.
http://style.rbc.ru/guide/food/571e46959a7947662325cc6c

Further information about the restaurant's offerings and interior are sourced from its website.
http://aragvi.moscow/#

National Public Radio, The Salt
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/

tripadvisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/

RBC, Style
http://www.rbc.ru/

Aragvi website
http://aragvi.moscow/#

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